Thread: Key-Way for Gates Sprockets
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Re: Key-Way for Gates Sprockets
Yesterday we took apart something on our 2009 robot, a steel sprocket that sat on a keyed shaft. The keyway in the sprocket looked funny...and slowly I remembered why...we made it using the saber saw! Just clamp the pulley in a vise, and saw the slot in it.

Scary, but it worked well enough on that one to win the AZ regional and it survived Championships.
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